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Twelve years ago, at this exact moment, I started blogging as Miss Print.

A lot of things have changed in the last twelve years–the blog has grown and gained a lot more visibility and led to unbelievable opportunities and new friends. I like to think I’ve grown and changed too–partly thanks to being a blogger.

It’s been a wild ride. Thank you so much to everyone who’s joined me as a regular reader.

And now the really important part:

GIVEAWAY DETAILS:

One winner will receive a mystery package with a couple of upcoming ARCs I’m excited to share and some other surprises

Three other winners will receive a personalized list of ten book recommendations from me based on what they tell me about likes/dislikes/owned books/etc.

Giveaway ends August 31 at 11:59pm EST. Winners will be notified September 1. If I don’t hear back from the winners by September 3, I will pick a new winner from the entry pool as needed. US only. Must be 13 years or older to enter.

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This month I didn’t read a lot in general BUT I did get to Windwitch, Sightwitch, and Truly Devious for Beat the Backlist. I’m happy to have knocked them out (liked them all just a bit more than I expected to!) but most of them were library copies which means my secondary effort to read more books I already own hasn’t been working out as well. Oops.

I previously decided to work on both the standard size card and the supersize card bingo cards but honestly not sure I’ll finish either before the year is out. And I haven’t updated them at all yet. Oops.

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After a not-so-great record with reading challenges in the past, I’ve decided to sign up for the 2019 edition of Beat the Backlist hosted by Novel Knight. You can find the full details on the challenge here: https://www.novelknight.com/btb2019/

I’ll be talking more about my reading goals in a blog post tomorrow but one is to work through my older books that I own and have earmarked to read at home so I think this challenge could be exactly what I need.

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One of my favorite things about using Goodreads to track my reading (and cross post reviews) is that they compile a “year in books” page for readers every year.

Since December is winding down and 2018 is almost at its end, I thought it would be fun to look at my year in books according to Goodreads. (I’ll also be sharing my 2018 Reading Tracker later in the month).

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The year is almost over. Which means it’s almost time for the release of The Wicked King by Holly Black. The Cruel Prince is one of my favorite books of the year and one I’m planning to re-read before the sequel releases in January. I’m hoping you might join me too!

Here’s the plan:

The read-a-long will run through December. I’m going to have target chapters for participants to read each week, but you can read as much or as little as you like. Every Sunday in December, I’ll post a short post here for people who want to chat.

Not into blog commenting? You can also use the hashtag #cruelprincereadalong to participate on Twitter and Instagram.

Schedule:

Week One (December 1 to December 8): Read prologue up to chapter 8, chat post goes live December 9

Week Two (December 9 to December 15): Read chapters 8 to 15, chat post goes live December 16

Week Three (December 16 to December 23): Read chapters 15 to 22, chat post goes live December 24

Week Four (December 24 to December 30): Read chapters 23 to Epilogue, chat post goes live December 30